WALTEP^ P. STOKES 219 Market %reet, PHIbADELPHIA,PA 



DIANTHUS, or PINKS 



The family of Pinks is unrivaled for brilliancy and rich varietv of 

 color, blooming profusely until late in the autumn, rendering them 

 one of the most satisfactorj' of all our annuals for garden decoration. 

 Height, about i foot. 



DOUBLE ANNUALS Perpkt. 



Chinensis £1. pi. (China Pink). Large, double, fragrant flow- 

 ers. Mi.xed per oz., 25 cts. . .So 05 



Heddewigi diadematis fl. pi. (Double Diadem Japan Pink). 

 Densely djuble flowers 3 inches in diameter; beautiful tints 

 of crimson, lilac, purple, outer edges fringed with white. 

 6 inches per oz., 75 cts. . . 05 



I tnperialis (Double Imperial Pink) " 40 cts... 05 



Laciniatus £1. pi. (Double Fringed Japan Pink). Large, 

 double, showy flowers, with fringed edges; various colors 

 and beautifully striped per oz., 50 cts. . . 05 



Mourning Cloak. Rich blackish velvety crimson, margined 

 with pure white os 



ROYAL PINK (Diaalhus Hed lewis^i nobilis). The flowers 

 are very large and the petals are frilled and fringed. The 

 colors are of a deep yet very bright blood-red, then shade to 

 carmine and pink and even white 10 



SALMON QUEEN. This beautiful double annual Pink has 

 finely fringed flowers of a fiery salmon-red, turning to a cliarm- 

 ing salmon-pink as they get older. Plants are 10 to 12 inches 

 high and bloom profusely throughout the whole season 10 



SINGLE ANNUALS 

 Dianthus laciniatus nanus« New Hybrids. This is a grand 

 new strain of the annual Pinks, with laciniated or fringed 

 petals. The flowers vary in shade from white to deep rose 

 and even to purplish red ; are all tinged more or less with 



bright salmony red or sahnony scarlet 10 



Crimson Belle. Magnificent large, single fringed flowers of 



lustrous velvety crimson 05 



Eastern Queen. Immense single flowers, beautifully fringed, 

 marbled and suffused with carmine, rose, mauve and lilac... 05 



Saowflake. Snow-w'iite. exqiiisitely fringed 05 



Laciniatus, Mixed Colors. .Single fringed . . . per oz., 40c. . . 05 

 Heddewigi, Mixed Colors (Single Japan Pinks) .\ magnifi- 

 cent strain, the flowers averaging 2 to 3 inches across, of many 



ex(|isite colors per oz.. 40 cts... 05 



Salmon Queen. A new varietv; brilliant salmon color lo 



STAR PINK (D. stcUaris) This novelty represents a new 

 class of the Chinese Pink Each single flower has the form of 

 a five- or six-rayed star, hence the name Star Pink. Tliev 

 bloom continuously from June to October, with a matchless 

 display of color and variety of markings 10 



HARDY PERENNIALS 

 Plumarius (Pheasant's Eye). .\ beautiful single, hartly Pink, 



with fringed-edged white flowers, with a dark center 



per oz., 20 cts. . . 05 

 Plumarius fl. pi. Double and .semi-double varieties in beau- 



tifvil colors 10 



Fine Garden, or Clove-scented Pinks (Hortensis X'arie- 

 tiesl. Beautiful double mixed colors 10 



NEW GRASS, or FEATHER PINKS 



The flowers of this new type are very large and double, with 

 fringed edges, of many beautiful colors and have a sweet clove-like 

 perfume. They bloom about two weeks earlier than the old-fashioned 

 garden Pinks. The hardv perennial plants grow about 10 inches 

 high. Pkt. 10 cts 



FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis) 



These quaint little hardy perennials love cool, moist soils, and, like 

 pansies, bloom most freely in the fall and early spring. Excellent 

 for borders, edgings, or will bloom nicely in winter in a cool room 

 in pots Once established, they self-seed themselves. Sow in the 

 spring in warm, sunny border. Per pkt 



Palustris. The true Forget-me-not : beautiful blue $005 



Dissitiflora. Large, blue flowers, compact and verv early 10 



ALPESTRIS VARIETIES— 



Victoria. Of bushj- habit; large, bright azure-blue flowers: 



very line lo 



Pure White 05 



Blue 05 



Mixed 05 



Rose 05 



OBELISK VARIETIES, These are of upright, pillar form, 

 10 to 12 inches high and very floriferous. 



Blue ". 10 



Pink ; lo 



White 10 



HOLLYHOCK 



Stately, old-fashioned perennials, but most beautiful when seen ir. 

 groups or long rows, with a background of evergreen or shrubbery. 

 Seed should he sown in .April or May to bloom the next year, giving 

 a foot or more space each way fur development. An occasional 

 spraying with Bordeaux mixture will help to keep down the Hollv- 

 hock rust, wliich is sometimes troublesome. 



NEW MAMMOTH-FLOWERING ALLEGHENY HOLLY- 

 HOCK. The flowers of this new variety are so dift'erent from the 

 old conventional ones that but for the similar habit of the plant it 

 would not be taken for a Hollyhock. They are from 4 to 6 inches 

 in diameter, ranging 

 from semi-double to 

 double, and finely 

 frmged and curled. 

 The colors are shell- 

 pink, rose and ruby- 

 red, a shade or two ^^^^^^^p- « 

 deeper at the center, 

 and exquisitel\ tinted ^^^^^Bb-^^ 

 toward the edge. Pkt. ^^^^^(^ 9L 

 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. ^^^^^BJ^^ 

 CHATER'S PRIZE 



DOUBLE. A mag- 



nificent strain of ^^^^^r^-v- ^ 



pure double-flower- ^^^^^ ■« • 



ing sorts. p^r pkt. 



Red $0 10 -W^ l^, 



Pink 10 



White 10 



Yellow 10 



Salmon 10 ''^iV'^H. ^A^^^^^Z 



Crimson 10 B^^Q^SV 



Mixed . 10 ' ^ 



EVERBLOOMING 3™™«v » w 

 ANNUAL HOLLY- P J^H^M 



HOCK. This new 

 strain of Hollyhock re- ^m^^^ ji,, 



sembles the old-fash- " " 



ioned perennial va- *\ wil^^HK \ 



riety both in flower 

 and habit of plant. 

 They do not grow as 



tall as the perennials, ^ i^m"^ .^^^^r^ 



but the flowers are ^W-^ ^^^^^ /> 



very large and of many . 

 beautiful colors, both 

 s e m i - d o u b I e a n d 

 double. They bloom 

 in .August and Sep 

 temberfrom seed sown 

 in the spring in tin 



open ground. Pkt. mi . Allegheny Hollyhock. Pkt. 10 cts. 



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